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DARPA’s Squad X Core brings tech innovations to infantry squads

DARPA’s new Squad X Core Technologies (SXCT) program aims to help dismounted infantry squads continue to achieve and maintain overwhelming tactical superiority over potential adversaries. (DARPA) Military ‘X-Men’ Squad X Core will take the amazing advanced capabilities in U.S. military…

When gatekeepers step aside, the local crowd flourishes

For years, people assumed encyclopedias had to be created by professionals. Then Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales attempted to create an encyclopedia without central planners. That sounded like a terrible idea to the old gatekeepers — people who hired experts to…

Are private unions cooling toward Democrats?

President Obama has long been a friend of organized labor, wholeheartedly supported by unions that helped boost him to victory in both his presidential campaigns.But increasingly, there now is a divide between unions in the public and private sector when…

Life lessons from an airport cleaning woman

FILE — Aug. 27, 2014: An airplane takes off from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman) You would have thought she was polishing a brand new Cadillac. Or a beautiful Chinese Chippendale desk. Or Dolly Madison’s White House…

Cost, logistics of Obama immigration plan raise concerns before launch

President Obama’s executive action sparing millions of illegal immigrants from deportation will be the biggest federal program rollout since ObamaCare — and administration officials are hoping its launch, set for May, will be a lot smoother. “The deputy secretary and…

Washington, Silicon Valley and the beauty of spontaneous order

Most of life happens without a central planner. Yet people think we need one. Suppose you’d never seen a skating rink, and I told you that I want to lay down some ice and charge people money to strap sharp…

Obama signals he’s out of ideas with ISIS fight request to Congress

Why is President Obama asking for “Authorization for Use of Military Force against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant”? Why ask for permission to carry on with operations that have been underway for more than six months and…

Smartphone addictions: Why we need to unplug

Is America’s smartphone usage out of control? Fox News’ Andrea Tantaros tackled the topic in her show “Trending With Tantaros,” speaking to Scott Brown, president of marketing and innovation firm The Company of Others. “We sit in these meetings and…

People are flipping for AcroYoga

Trust is a key component in AcroYoga, as with this bow pose which had me high off the ground. (Mimi Towle) Tired of hatha or hot yoga? ; A new kind of partner-based practice perches yogis on one another, sending…